10-Year Note Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:
Large bond speculators advanced their bearish net positions in the 10-Year Note futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.
The non-commercial futures contracts of 10-Year Note futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of -359,463 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday June 19th. This was a weekly decline of -23,469 contracts from the previous week which had a total of -335,994 net contracts.
The speculative bearish level had fallen for two straight weeks before this week’s rebound of bearish bets. The overall bearish position has mostly been in retreat recently with declines in bearish bets for six out of the past eight weeks.
10-Year Note Commercial Positions:
The commercial traders position, hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of 563,167 contracts on the week. This was a weekly increase of 16,899 contracts from the total net of 546,268 contracts reported the previous week.
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF) closed at approximately $102.14 which was an advance of $0.59 from the previous close of $101.55, according to unofficial market data.